See also: tantã and t'anta

Asturian edit

Adjective edit

tanta

  1. feminine singular of tantu

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

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tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tant

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Danish tante, from French tante, from Latin amita.

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Noun edit

tanta f (genitive singular töntu, nominative plural töntur)

  1. (informal) aunt

Usage notes edit

This word is not very commonly used, and then only informally, even jocularly. Normally, the more general word frænka, referring to either an aunt (or great-aunt, etc.) or female cousin, or the more specific words föðursystir (paternal aunt) and móðursystir (maternal aunt), are used.

Declension edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtan.ta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Hyphenation: tàn‧ta

Determiner edit

tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun edit

tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Adverb edit

tanta

  1. (informal) feminine singular of tanto

Usage notes edit

  • In popular usage, adverbial tanto is allowed to agree with a following adjective, e.g. tante poche (so few), tanta lunga (so long).

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Latin edit

Adjective edit

tanta

  1. inflection of tantus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective edit

tantā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tantus

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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tanta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of tante

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

tanta f (definite singular tanta, indefinite plural tanter or tantor, definite plural tantene or tantone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tante
  2. definite singular of tante

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

Probably borrowed from French tante.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

tanta f (plural tantas)

  1. aunt

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch tante.

Noun edit

tanta

  1. aunt

Portuguese edit

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Determiner edit

tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Pronoun edit

tanta f sg

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Quechua edit

Adverb edit

tanta

  1. together, adjacent

Noun edit

tanta

  1. meeting, gathering

Usage notes edit

Not to be confused with thanta, t'anta.

Declension edit

See also edit

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtanta/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: tan‧ta

Determiner edit

tanta

  1. feminine singular of tanto

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch tante. Cf. Aukan tanto.

Noun edit

tanta

  1. aunt

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